Beijing-In the final session, there were upsets and glory, a fitting end to swimming here in Beijing. 25 World Records and 100s of National Records were broken in what is the greatest Olympics of all time.

Money can't buy gold medals. Steffen (GER) comes from a humble background in former East Germany, she lives in a small flat in Berlin, she prized the gold medal over the rewards that might flow from it

50 world l/c records and 22 world s/c records have fallen since Feb 16. Since 1980, the record for numbers of world long-course records set in one year is 33, in 2000, the year in which the full bodysuit was launched granted license by FINA